Thursday, February 28, 2008

collections

Alright, so here is the story. Sarah, over at life with, is holding a little contest. She posted about her collections and wanted to know what some of our collections are. Initially, I thought I had nothing to enter in her contest, as I am not much of a collector. I am trying to get rid of things in my home rather than bring more in.After thinking a little more about it, I reconsidered. There are I few things I will usually purchase if I stumble across them. Vintage pyrex, vintage sheets, and thrifted knitting needles.I don't even use straight needles. However, I love the thought that someone else used them to do what I love to do. I wonder what sort of thing was created with them, who it was created for, and whose hands worked their magic with them.

Sarah's contest ends tomorrow at midnight. Go ahead, think of your collections, and tell us all about them. I am sure they will be more interesting than knitting needles!

Those look amazing! I got a bracelet made out of one from Fibreholic. I love the way the tops look all grouped together from the bird's eye perspective. I also like how the everyday object becomes art.

Vintage pyrex--my husband always tells me that he's going to sell all mine and stash the cash! Collecting it became suddenly über-expensive when Martha Stewart started featuring it in her magazine, grrr.....

Oh, I just love this! I have all of my mom's old needles that she and I used to share when I was a kid, although she never knits anymore and I rarely use them. I still keep them for sentimental reasons.

Ohhhhh - I just want to run my fingers over them (a sign of a great picture). What a great reason for being drawn to them and I know exactly what you mean. I have some old needles that belonged to my mom and whenever I use them I feel like I'm touching a little part of her world.

Great pics of the needles, and what a collection! I was just talking to my mom on the phone yesterday and was asking again if she still had all her knitting supplies, cos she got rid of a lot of it when Dad died. She doesn't have any of her needles etc :( She taught me to knit with straight long needles, and it's only in the past year that I've tried circular and dpn's. So I have quite a few straights, but also got the Knitpicks Options for Christmas.

i love this! i keep my needles in vases as well...and these old metal colored needles remind me of watching my oma knit when i was a girl. she used the same ones! i hope you win the contest- all my collections are packed in boxes right now...

Decided to de-lurk...I love your collection. The colors are fantastic. I've started to collect old handmade wooden ones, they are somewhat hard to find. I figure it keeps my obsession to a minimum. Maybe? I rarely use straight needles either they are so cumbersome. By the way my kids love the cookie recipes. We've been playing along at home.

I came across your blog and the photo of your needles totally struck--I keep my old/thrifted/hardly used aluminum needles in the exact same vases!--so I had to stop and say hello.Lovely photo, lovely post. Will stop by again!

I've always admired your knitting skill - and your cookie recipes. But this post was special - you captured in such a lovely way just how I feel about collecting - for me it's anything embroidered/cross stitched.